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(1):

(n.) A bridle iron.

(2):

(n.) That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword.

(3):

(n.) A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended.

(4):

(n.) That by which a thing is suspended.

(5):

(n.) A steep, wooded declivity.

(6):

(n.) A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs. See Illust. of Countershaft.

(7):

(n.) One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.